Our World for Second Grade

Our World

Created By: Karen Dixon**

Activity Overview:

Students will program the Bee-Bots to maneuver around global maps with grid overlays.

Activity Objectives

· To familiarize students with geographic terms.
· To allow students to develop skills in maneuvering Bee-Bots on a grid.

Concepts Addressed

· geographic terms: continent, ocean, North, South, hemisphere, etc.

Extensions/Adaptations

• a “RISK” -style game to encourage accurate programming in order to gather pieces from the map grid
• a race to “visit” each continent or designated location
• Measuring distances using a map legend

Literature

• Map Tangle game mat and cards are used to learn a mix of continents, countries, rivers, lakes, mountain ranges, deserts, natural wonders and man-made wonders.
• Kansas State Standard for Second Grade in Geography: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of the spatial organization of Earth’s surface and relationships between peoples and places and physical and human environments in order to explain the interactions that occur in Kansas, the United States, and in our world.

Web Resources

• http://members.abcteach.com/content/p/poster_globe_map_color.pdf
• http://members.enchantedlearning.com/geography/label/labelcontinents.shtml
• http://members.enchantedlearning.com/geography/continents/quiz.shtml
• http://members.enchantedlearning.com/geography/followinstructions/continents/index.shtml
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
• http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/index.html

Materials needed

· Bee- Bots
· World maps with grid overlays
· Corresponding geography cards
Shower curtain with world map imprinted or clear over large map

Samples/photos/handouts:

Geography 1

Geography 3

Geography 4